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Wednesday, 13 December 2017

There
are hardworking and well-meaning scientists and journalists working
at the coalface who despite their public face are feeling
considerable grief and anxiety around the rate that things are
changing in the Arctic and with the global climate as a whole.

One of
these, who I have some admiration for is Eric Holthaus who writes and
tweets about these matters.

This is painful work. All of us sometimes feel it is too painful to bear. That’s our hearts telling us how important the work is to us. Please know that you are not alone, that when you need to turn away for a time millions of others are also working. Thank you for all you do.

Puerto Rico, Day 83:
—Millions of people still w/o power
—Hundreds of thousands still w/o clean water
—Still a humanitarian emergency
Lots of distractions. Let's not lose sight of the big picture.

Eric Holthaus added,

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Y’all’s President is on Twitter sexually harassing a female Senator while thousands in Puerto Rico still have no power, millions of kids are without health insurance and wildfires are engulfing the state of California.

Nearly halfway through December and still unusually warm coast-to-coast. Next 10 days look like more of the same.

5:10 PM - 12 Dec 2017

A
contrast for me is Michael E.Mann.

I have
encountered others like him. Instead of admitting grief he denies
the science – soem of which he produced.

In this
video (of which I managed the first half) there is NO discussion of
the science or citation of the literature to justify his hopeful
conclusions.

I cannot
stand people like this (and he is far from the only one) who uses his
authority to talk DOWN to the great unwashed, some of whom know a
great deal.

Instead
they refuse to talk about the actual science and the truth of the
matter and lecture people telling them that by so doing that they are
inviting people to be passive in a simlar way to climate change
deniers.

So long
as there are liars like Michael E.Mann there will be deniers who will
feel justified in their views by this man.